Recognised as Colour

#DDACFD

#DDACFD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DDACFD is a violet with RGB values 221, 172, 253 and HSL 276°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DDACFD#DDACFD

HEX#DDACFD

RGBrgb(221, 172, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6745, 0.9922

RGB percentages86.7%, 67.5%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(276.3, 95.3%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.3, 32%, 99.2%)

CMYK12.6%, 32%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,527,741

CSS custom property--colour: #DDACFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#225302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9C0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DAB7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12 Violet · ΔE 25.4 Orchid · ΔE 27.1 Medium purple · ΔE 28.2 Thistle · ΔE 30.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CCFDAC

Analogous#B5ACFD, #FDACF5

Triadic#FDDDAC, #ACFDDD

Split complementary#F4FDAC, #ACFDB5

Tetradic#FDB5AC, #CCFDAC, #ACF5FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1DEFE

Darker −10%#C97AFC

Darker −20%#B448FB

Darker −30%#A017F9

Darker −40%#8505D8

More saturated +25%#DDAAFF

Less saturated −25%#DBB7F2

Channel breakdown

R221

G172

B253

Red221 (86.7%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue276.3°

Saturation (HSL)95.29%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G AC · B FD

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Colour values

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